HOUSTON (Feb. 14, 2003) – Baker Oil Tools’ new Blue Whale™ Inflatable Service Packer (ISP) is a high-expansion inflatable service tool designed for heavy-duty drilling applications. The Blue Whale ISP replaces a collection of tools with a single, simple tool that operates reliably in a range of environments to reduce total well construction and intervention costs.
Ability to seal a wide range of casing and open-hole sizes in critical applications fills ;important gap on deepwater rigs.
“Zone isolation in large-diameter casing and open holes offshore used to require a long list of packers, procedures, and secondary tools for each job. The Blue Whale has changed that,” said Baker Oil Tools Inflatables Product Line Manager Gordon Mackenzie. “The Blue Whale answers the need for a single tool that will seal a wide range of casing and openhole sizes in critical applications. On deepwater rigs -- where rig time, space, and transportation are expensive -- the Blue Whale can pay for itself quickly.”The large contact area of the Blue Whale's inflatable sealing element allow it to anchor and seal reliably in wellbore
conditions such as soft formations, older and deteriorated casing, and fiberglass casing that pose problems for traditional mechanical service tools. The element inflates with most drilling fluids and pump pressure. Tubing weight is not required to set the tool.
Blue Whale ISP technology is based on the Baker Oil Tools Inflatable PIP (Production Injection Packer), the world's first
inflatable packer and the pioneer of all inflatable service tools. The Blue Whale can function as a permanent or retrievable bridge plug, a service packer, or a permanent cement retainer in cased or open hole. Its inflatable element allows for expansion ratios of greater than 200 percent after passing through wellbore restrictions. Additionally, a wide range of available accessory tools can be run with the Blue Whale ISP to perform many remedial operations in large-diameter hole.
Baker Oil Tools' proprietary INFLATEDESIGN™ software is a key component of the Blue Whale ISP system. INFLATEDESIGN eliminates guesswork by allowing precise definition of the Blue Whale’s performance envelope in a
given application. INFLATEDESIGN assists with information gathering, execution and post-job reporting, and can be used to consult with Baker Oil Tools inflatable systems experts onshore.
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